A morning adventure..

Once upon a time, a queen was taking her morning shower when she heard a knock on her bathroom door.  So quickly wrapping a towel around herself, the Queen opened the door.  To her surprise, it was the oldest Princess.  The Princess informed the Queen that while she was eating her breakfast, she saw a gray mouse.  Extremely dismayed at this piece of information, the Queen asked why the Princess had not told the King since the Queen was showering.  The Princess' reply was that the "King was sleeping."  To which the queen replied, "But I'm naked!"

So the King had woken up by this time and accompanied the Princess downstairs to see the mouse while the Queen quickly dressed and put on sneakers as an extra protection!  The mouse was no where to be seen when they arrived.  The king discovered that the mouse had feasted on two loaves of bread, plastic bag and all.  He also discovered where the mouse had eaten his way into the house through the window screen.  The Queen quickly came downstairs and went and got brooms.  Then the oldest Prince was woken up to help with the search.

Armed with flashlights and brooms, the furniture was moved and shined under very gingerly.  Success!  The mouse was under the piano. At this piece of news, the oldest princess decided that she was needed to get the younger kids dressed upstairs and vanished.   The piano was moved, but the mouse moved with it.  Finally, the mouse was shooed out the back.  The mouse ran toward the Queen and she boldly whacked at it with the broom all while shrieking and trembling visibly!  She succeeded in keeping it from leaving the room.  It next ran under the couch and then ran under the computer armoire.  The next younger prince had woken up from the Queen's shrieks and came out to see what was all the tumult.  He was handed a dustpan and told to shoo the mouse toward the back door if it came his way.

The flashlight did not disclose the mouse under the armoire, but undetered, the armoire was moved and the mouse took off.  It ran toward the younger prince who instead of blocking its way, leaped onto the table.  The Queen chased it around the dining room and off the walls and finally suceeded in pinning it under her broom.  The mouse was terrified and squeaked very loudly as it tried to escape.  The Queen was unmoved by the squeaking and kept the mouse firmly pinned.  The oldest Prince, ran and got a rubbermaid container and placed it over the mouse on the floor to keep it contained.  Than the King got a piece of cardboard and we slid it under the container so the mouse did not escape.  After showing it to the younger siblings who wanted to know what the excitement was about, a merciful release was granted.

So the King drove the oldest prince to a good spot a few blocks away and the mouse was released to find a new home and never more visit the castle.  Later that morning, the King went to the hardware store and bought some new screening and the Queen replaced the screen, threw away the bread, and got her heart rate back down to normal!

And this my friends is a true narrative of all that expired today!  I hope you enjoyed!